anti-competitive

Toys "R" Us, Inc. agreed to pay a $1.3 million penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a 13-year-old order banning it from manipulating the U.S. toy market to maintain artificially high prices and restrict competition. The 1998 order bans the nationwide toy retailer from...

The Department of Justice today filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging business practices American Express, MasterCard and Visa use to prevent merchants from offering consumers discounts, rewards and information about card costs – anti-competitive behavior it says cost both consumers and...

Cutting a deal with Microsoft (MSFT) to block Google (GOOG) in exchange for cash may or may not be a viable way for Rupert Murdoch to improve the economics of his media outlets. But before he can find out, Murdoch will have to answer a different question: Is it even legal? It may not be, according...